The genus Coleus (Lamiaceae) in Central Africa (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Burundi), with the description of 15 new species
Author
Meerts, Pierre J.
0000-0003-4215-027X
Meise Botanic Garden, Nieuwelaan 38, BE- 1860 Meise, Belgium & Université Libre de Bruxelles, Av. F. D. Roosevelt 50 CP 244, BE- 1050 Brussels, Belgium & Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, Service général de l’Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche scientifique, Brussels, Belgium
Author
Paton, Alan J.
0000-0002-6052-6675
The Herbarium, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond TW 9 3 AB, UK
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10.3897/phytokeys.246.129476
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Coleus prittwitzii
(Perkins) A. J. Paton
, Phytokeys 129: 86. 2019
.
≡
Pycnostachys prittwitzii
Perkins
, Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 8: 68. 1921. Type:
Tanzania
,
Iringa District
, Ndembera flood plain, near Gominyi,
2 Aug 1901
,
G
. von Prittwitz 28
(
holotype
B
destroyed;
isotype
K
[
K
000405965
] fragment).
Description.
Paton et al. (2009: 398)
,
Paton et al. (2013: 324)
, as
Pycnostachys prittwitzii
Perkins.
Distribution.
SW
Tanzania
to N
Zambia
.
Habitat and ecology.
Savannah on moist soil; ca.
1200 m
elev.
Additional specimens.
Burundi
, Mutara, Mosso,
12 Aug 1952
,
G
. Michel 3686
(
BR
,
K
); Kiofi, Mosso,
16 Sep 1952
,
G
. Michel 3907
(
BR
).
Note.
The two cited specimens differ from other materials of
C. prittwitzii
in having opposite (not ternate), broader, leaves and shorter inflorescence; they could represent a different taxon.